Church leaders in India have welcomed the Vatican's decision to add the feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata to the universal liturgical calendar, saying it will help Catholics across the globe emulate the nun's sense of service to the poor. "This is a great recognition and appreciation of her work for the poorest of the poor and the abandoned men, women and children," Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Calcutta told UCA News on Feb.19. The archbishop was responding to the Feb. 11 Vatican decree that said Pope Francis had added the saintly nun to the liturgical calendar, making the feast day Sept. 5, the day of her death in 1997. The Vatican decision "would also provide a tremendous boost to the work of her congregation — the Missionaries of Charity — in all corners of the world," D'Souza said. The Vatican decree said the decision follows requests from "bishops, religious and associations of the faithful" and also considers "the influence of the spirituality of Saint Teresa of Calcutta throughout the world." https://www.ucanews.com/news/indian-church-hails-saint-teresa-of-kolkata-church-calendar-move/107924
https://dismasfellowshipnetwork.com/reflections/mother-teresas-ugly-feet/ She subsisted entirely on donations, but even so picked the worst possible (shoes, in this case), so others would get something better. in the long run this ended crippling her feet, due to bad-fitting shoes
Father Benedict Groeshel knew St Teresa quite well as I worked with her when she was in New York. She went through the most terrible , terrible Dark Night for most of her life. But the Father said that not long before her death it was lifted and he speaks of her being joyful and joyous like a little child. That you could see with your own eyes it happening. Mother Teresa died of her heart failing. When she was in a hospital in Calcutta was there at the same time. The devil actually physically attacked her as she led in bed and the Archbishop had to go down from his won hospital bed to do a special blessing to chase him off. Teresa was such a warrior. She reminds me we are, all of us, in a Great Spiritual Battle.
